Thailand's 7MHz expansion gets the go-ahead

John, W2YR (aka-HS0ZDJ), reports that he's just received this information from the International Secretary of the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand: (FYI - the NTC is the National Telecommunications Council, akin to the FCC in the USA)..

"Hi, Good news (just received from Narissara, HS1CHB):
the NTC has approved the RAST request made recently for the expansion of the 7-MHz for amateur radio on a primary basis in Thailand from 7.0-7.1 to 7.0-7.2 MHz.
(This had been approved internationally at the WRC-03 conference and was to be effective March 29 this year, pending approval on a country-by-country basis.)

This becomes effective "next Friday," which I take to be November 6th, 2009."

Source: OPDX